Athanasius II of Jerusalem

Athanasius II (Greek: Αθανάσιος Β΄; fl. 1229–d. 1247+) was the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem from c. 1231 to 1244.^[1] The Church of the Holy Sepulchre seems to have been largely in Athanasius' hands during the Latin control of Jerusalem.^[2] The Serbian Archbishop Sava (1174–1237) guested Athanasius twice in the Holy Land,^[3] and according to Serbian chronicles they were good friends.^[4] After the Latin retreat from Jerusalem in 1244, the Melkites (who were the majority of the south of the Latin kingdom) turned to Athanasius.^[5] Athanasius II was in negotiations with the Pope through friar Lawrence of Portugal in 1247; Innocent IV supported him against the Latin patriarch, Robert.^[5]

References

1. Pringle 1993, p. 3.
2. Pringle 1993, pp. 31–32.
3. Pringle 1993, p. 211.
4. Mileusnić 2000, pp. 42–43.
5. Setton, Zacour & Hazard 1985, p. 466.

Sources

• Pringle, Denys (1993). The Churches of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: Volume 3, The City of Jerusalem: A Corpus. Cambridge University Press. pp. 3, 31–32, 211. ISBN 978-0-521-39038-5.
• Mileusnić, Slobodan (2000). Sveti Srbi. Novi Sad: Prometej. ISBN 86-7639-478-4. OCLC 44601641.
• Setton, Kenneth M.; Zacour, Norman P.; Hazard, Harry W. (1985). A History of the Crusades: The Impact of the Crusades on the Near East. Univ of Wisconsin Press. p. 466. ISBN 978-0-299-09144-6.